#home fires itv

[patrice-bergerons]

LOSING MY MIND at how well James knows Robbie's flat (how comfortable he is in it) and it's only season bloody 2.

they carry on a work conversation when he comes in while Robbie wordlessly gets him a beer from the fridge (Robbie is drinking wine but he knows James would want beer, including what type of beer, and keeps that in his fridge)

then James while still carrying on the same work convo walks past Robbie to open the bottle and finds the bottle opener in the drawer easy as drawing breath because of course this is not the first time he's done this.

Then he whinges about the fact that Robbie is listening to Wagner and he is downright petulant, playful, in the way you are with people you are the most comfortable around, until Robbie gives in and lets him change the music

so he changes it to the boys are back in town

after which they sit on the sofa (no room left for Jesus in between, mind) drinking and bantering, domestic as you please

and the very next thing that comes after this? is life born of fire. kill me now

[enwoso]

Alessia Russo + reporter!gf, where Alessia is nonstop flirting with Reader on national television when you're trying to interview her

LIVE TO ALL — alessia russo

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you were a sports journalist for itv, travelling up and down the country as well as across the world each week to cover matches as well as try and get some of the players thoughts and opinions on the game.

today was the england lionesses vs sweden at home, at a sold out wembley. the game being tense but the girls pulling out a win by one goal and of course it being scored by non other than the alessia russo who just happened to be on your radar to interview.

normally it would take some convincing from some players to get them to do a quick post match interview, most players after a win wanting to celebrate and after a loss was when it was even harder to get players to interview as they just generally weren’t in the mood, understandably.

however luckily you wouldn’t have to do much convincing to get england’s star girl for an interview as she just so happened to also be your girlfriend. so one little bat of the eyelashes and a flash of the smile and the blonde would be right over.

so as your team handed her a mic as she walked over from the pitch hugging you tight as you sent her a loving smile trying your best to remain professional but the girl just looked so gorgeous even after running around a pitch for ninety minutes, her hair slicked back a few flyaways had came loose above her as well as her cheeks being slightly flushed pink probably from the amount of running she’d done.

“so alessia another sold out wembley for the lionesses, does the feeling ever change walking out and seeing that many people in the stadium?” you began the interview as alessia nodded along with what you were saying, her bottom lip inbetween her teeth as you watched as her eyes roamed your face as she held her eye contact with you instead of the camera like she was supposed to.

there was a slight pause between your question and the blonde starting her answer, “oh um it definitely helps to keep us motivated whilst we are playing- as we love seeing our fans pack out stadiums and creating as much noise as possible!”

“speaking of motivation, what helps to keep you fired up especially when your playing top teams like sweden?” you asked as you seen alessia giggle to herself, you being thankful for the fact that the camera can’t see the look your throwing alessia right now.

“well away from football there’s definitely someone who does that for me-” the blonde making direct eye contact with you as a smirk crept onto her face. you knew exactly what she was insinuating on and while the your relationship wasn’t exactly out there it wasn’t a big secret either fans definitely had their suspicions and alessia right now was definitely adding fuel to that fire.

she carried on, you sending the blonde another stern look that told her to behave, “but the staff at england as well as the girls we all do our part to ensure that’s we can all play to the best of our ability to ensure we get the result that we want as a team and as a nation” she smiled innocently as she finished awaiting your next question.

you began to explain the importance of the goal that alessia scored to start off the lionesses euro qualifying campaign while alessia well she was just staring at you, totally zoned out as she licked her lips. her eyes scanning your outfit as she imagined maybe what it would look like on the floor of your shared bedroom…

“and finally how does it feel to finally get your first goal at wembley especially the one that sealed the win for you guys” you finished with a quick smile, slightly kicking the blonde which wasn’t able to be seen by the camera which shook the blonde from her daydream.

“oh- um, wait i- sorry what was the question?” alessia flushed red with embarrassment as you were the one now with a smirk, knowing by her face she hadn’t been listening and also having a suspicion of why she hadn’t been but nevertheless repeating the question again for her.

“yeah, it’s always a good feeling to score at wembley makes it that little bit special but anything to help the team out”

“well thank you alessia and well done for tonight!” you applauded with a smile as alessia nodded, “thank you babe” alessia said so causally, you quickly spinning around mouth wide open as you eyes widened.

the interview already been finished as your team off-mic’d you both. alessia with a smirk which was widening on her face, you knew she had done that on purpose.

“i love you?” she whispered, as she looked at your less than pleased look on your face.

“your on thin ice miss russo!” you warned narrowing your eyes at the blonde as she slung her arm around your shoulders guiding you both down the tunnel as you knew she was rolling her eyes at your stern tone.

“hey! it’s not my fault the person who was interviewing me happened to be my really sexy, beautiful, gorgeous girlfriend!”

[mercurygray]

GOD, I KNEW DEMARCO LOOKED FAMILIAR.

Everyone go watch Home Fires (ITV/PBS, 2016) immediately. His character, Jack, is in the RAF and is a total sweetheart.

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Wins and losses of Paris 2024 Olympics day 11

Day 11 of the Olympics saw new victories and new embarrassments, with some athletes receiving gold medals and others getting bad food.

Food with worms

Superstar swimmer Adam Peaty has come under fire for the quality of food on offer at the Athletes’ Village, less than a fortnight after Team GB began boycotting the restaurant inside the stadium.

Peaty won a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke before finishing an agonising fourth in the men’s 4×100 medley relay. Like other athletes competing in the Olympics, Peaty is staying at the athletes’ village in Paris.

All meals are provided by the organisers and there is a huge restaurant on site. But the British superstar has questioned the quality of the food preparation, leaving him furious with what he was served.

Peaty claims the quality of the food is having a negative impact on the results, and condemned the organisers’ promise to make 60 per cent of all meals meat-free and a third plant-based. He said:

The catering isn’t good enough for the level the athletes are expected to perform. We need to give the best we possibly can. Tokyo the food was incredible. Rio was incredible. But this time around? There wasn’t enough protein options, long queues, waiting 30 minutes for food because there’s no queuing system. The narrative of sustainability has just been pushed on the athletes. I want meat, I need meat to perform and that’s what I eat at home, so why should I change? I like my fish and people are finding worms in the fish. It’s just not good enough. The standard, we’re looking at the best of the best in the world, and we’re not feeding them the best.

Team GB had previously boycotted the Village over food in the first week of the Olympics. But organisers insist they take the athletes’ concerns seriously. They have also defended the work of their catering partner, saying extra staff and suppliers have been brought into the Village.

New world record set

Following her stunning victory in the women’s 800 metres on Monday, Keely Hodgkinson told ITV News that she now believes breaking the world record, which has been held for 40 years, is “possible.”

When asked what she plans to do with her future, the 22-year-old said “there’s a whole world record to try and break” and added that she would “love to try and do it.” She also said:

Why not? I think with everything we’ve had in advancements in track and field – the science behind how we train, the shoe technology, the tracks – I think it’s really making it seem possible.

She told ITV News that she felt at home during the race because there were lots of family members, friends and British fans at the stadium in Paris. The previous record of 1 minute 53.28 seconds was set by Czech athlete Jarmila Kratochvilova in 1983.

Medals in surfing events

Tahitian Kauli Vaast won the gold medal for France in the men’s event at Teahupo’o on Monday in a near-perfect final, leaving Australian tubing maestro Jack Robinson with silver.

American Caroline Marks added Olympic gold to her 2023 world title with an emphatic victory over Brazil’s Tatiana Weston-Webb in the women’s final.

Brazil’s Gabriel Medina won the bronze medal in the men’s event, while Frenchwoman Johanna Defey finished third in the women’s event.

The 22-year-old Vaast, who grew up in Teahupo’o, Tahiti, and caught some of the best waves of all time on a perfect reef passage, quickly established his dominance and never gave up, thrilling spectators in boats in the channel and on shore.

Adding that he had lost his voice screaming back at local fans as he did a victory lap on a jet ski, Vaast said:

The dream came true. I can’t believe it right now but I just made history – for me, for all Tahitians, for Polynesia and France.

Read more HERE

[alianoralacanta]

Coulthard, Sato and Pit Stop Misadventures: Spanish GP (14-05-2007)

Context: The blog plugin for the forum received an upgrade, including shiny new mood and activity indicators! I mostly used it to state what I was reading at the time, because I was and still am a bookworm. (In case you are wondering, my current reading is:

Travel reading: The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain by Ian Mortimer

Home reading: "No Offence But…" by Gina Martin

e-Reading: A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

"Light reading": GP Racing, August 2024)

I'd spent most of the weekend trying to persuade my undergraduate dissertation to print off the computer (I'm not sure if my alma mater has an online copy - it probably does - but since I didn't write it under my psuedonym, I hope you will forgive me for not linking to it). Thus, I'd been on an adrenaline high when I finally succeeded. "Most" of the weekend, because I'd also watched the Spanish Grand Prix, where the accidental comedy had leavened things nicely…

Coulthard, Sato and Pit Stop Misadventures: Spanish GP

Sleep

Reading The Age of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kurzweil

No Category

Firstly, I apologise if I doze off in the middle of this entry - I've spent a lot of today convincing an unreliable computer system to print off a 2800-word essay (I managed it and handed it in with one minute to spare - don't ask!)

The "Oh no it's all falling to pieces" feeling must have struck David Coulthard at some point during the race, as his Red Bull once again attempted to thwart his efforts to finish a race for once. I was very impressed by his ability to almost maintain the same speed minus third gear as he had with it - and fifth is a great way to finish the first race his midfield car has finished with him in it.

I particularly loved James Allen's comment just before the gearbox issue manifested himself; "This is the best performance we've seen from David since… [pause] …er, the last time we saw a good performance from him a few weeks ago." This proves three things:

1) Walkerisms still sound funny, even when Murray Walker isn't the one saying them 2) four weeks is too long to wait between races 3) David Coulthard is going through one of the best phases of his career - not that the points scoreboard shows that right now

Speaking of good performances from rarely-rewarded people, Takuma Sato put in a lovely race from 13th to 8th. With all the attention ITV lavished upon Anthony Davidson and Jenson Button, you could have been fooled into thinking the guy who'd outqualified both of them didn't exist.

At least, until Sato took Giancarlo Fisichella's 8th place off him and scored Super Aguri's first point ever. Even I, a Fisi supporter who thought that it was unfair that a malfunctioning pitlane device should have put him in that position, could not begrudge Takuma his just reward for a great drive. It seems that Takuma is currently having more success with his self-orientated team than Jacques Villnueve did at BAR. That is a credit to the staff at Leafield as well as to Takuma.

Returning to the pitlane, I was rather miffed at the stuff that was happening in the pitlane - and not just because the Renault rigs forced both Giancarlo and his team-mate Heikki Kovalainen to switch to the slower three-stop strategy mid-race. No, the incident that really got my blood boiling was Massa's portable barbecue.

It is rare for a fuel hose to do that sort of thing, and it was dangerous for both the Ferrari and the McLaren mechanics (the fire had nearly burnt itself out by the time Felipe went alongside the McLaren staffers, but it could have so easily been a considerable amount worse. Intertechnik are not in my good books right now, and I'm sure they're not in Ferrari or Reanult's good books either.

BMW could not blame Intertechnik for their Carry On moment - they caused that one by themselves. How Nick managed to miss the front-right jack man not raising his hand is a minor mystery (not that it was really his fault, but…). How he got away with getting it around the track minus the front right wheel nut without being a hazard to anyone or damaging his car is a major one. (On the upside, the shot of the Toyota mechanic holding the nut aloft, in his best "Has anyone lost something?" posture, was priceless).

It has to be said though that the Spanish GP has been the most interesting race for me all season. I'm not sure what that says about the three flyaways, except that I am now looking forward to Monaco with renewed vigour.

On the blog front, you may have noticed that I have recently added a menu on the right-hand side of the blog screen. With access to a blogroll and the site policy, it should help make things that little bit more enjoyable. Please tell me if there's any other changes you would like to see.

Oh, and I broke the 2000-visit boundary today. I think my involvement in the wider blogosphere may have a lot to do with it, but I am pleased to see so many enjoy my site. Please come as many times as you like, and I hope you'll be here when I celebrate the next milestone (and for the more serious entries in between).

Wow! I managed to stay awake for all that. I'll just go and have a lie-down now…

La Canta Magnifica Blog - After the very interesting Spanish GP, Alianora La Canta looks at two of the stand out drives of the race (David Coulthard and Takuma Sato), as well as the unintentional action down the pitlane.

[upsettingandunfortunateclasshate]

This Linekar shite is what happens when you act unashamedly as the gobpiece for the tories - and every gov since its inception. Chickens are coming home to roost. The BBC has always been on the side of the ruling class against the working class. That inludes being on the side of the empire, back in the day.

This Linekar shite plays into the hands of the private broadcasters eg ITV, Sky, BT and yank streaming services. The BBC has been the market leader in TV & radio in the UK forever. But the gov have successfully challenged that by demanding huge cuts which has seen its output fall. For the first time ever the BBC is not the most listened to radio broadcaster, the private ones are (who I think are mostly owned by yank big business). TV is next.

The gov's line is "this is nothing to do with us" after they lit the fire in the first place. The fact the BBC isn't showing full coverage of the Prem aka the most popular league / sport in the world bar none plays into the hands of the private broadcasters - cos us licence fee payers pay our money to see this.

So again, it's another way they're killing the BBC. But good, it has to die. It's basically a load of shit.

[dnickels]

*puts on powder blue oversized cheap scratchy used-car-salesman suit jacket*

ok lemme sell you on these shows!

home fires: v soapy wwii homefront cosy drama about the wives/etc left behind after all the men are conscripted, who all join the women's institute. they make jam from the blackberry bushes to help the war effort! the switchboard girlies are all eavesdropping gossips! there are secret lesbians! female pilots! farmers! housemaids with big dreams! the book it's based on was called "jambusters" if you wanna know how unserious and unbleak it is. there were only two seasons (12 eps in total) and when it got cancelled by itv, people were like... petitioning the government to force them to carry on making it lmao. i'll give it a 7/10. it's just something nice to have on in the background with v little effort.

tenko: THEE love of my life. no other tv show can come close. it's about british/dutch/aussie/chinese women in singapore at the outbreak of war who get captured by the invading japanese army and put into pow concentration camps. at one point there is a death march through the jungle. there is lots of disease and torture and starvation and misery and death and all sorts of violence and no one is safe. and at one point they plant some of their beans in the hope of doubling their food ration but then have to leave them behind #heartbreak :(((( this makes it sound bleak BUT! it isn't! i promise. it's sooo dramatic, about fifteen plot points happen every episode. people you trust turn out to be dicks, people you hate turn out to have a heart of gold. people you thought were main characters die. everyone wears the same outfit for years, getting more and more disgusting as the episodes continue. the women are all literally revolting and scabby and stained. there are barely literate housemaids, colonial toffs, suspected lesbians, cockneys, landed gentry anarchists, secret jews, dutch nuns, communists, the boymom from hell, a cat called pudding, all sorts all shoved together like one big ensemble comedy from hell. it's sooooo good. the first couple of episodes are kinda slow before everyone loses their marbles and the drama begins, but bear with it ok, it is 100000% worth it. 11/10, my fave period drama of all time.

First of all, I love this. I asked for copy on my desk by morning and you delivered, fantastic. I'm also laughing because Masterpiece promos made Homefires seem like a very serious drama and what you are telling me is much more appealing.

Also LMAO at 'petition the government' when I found out the BBC canned The Crimson Field I was ready to CAUSE PROBLEMS. Unforgivable. An act of aggression.

[rugbyworldcupstream]

Catch the Rugby World Cup 2023 Live Stream From Anywhere

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Official Broadcasters for Rugby World Cup 2023

Depending on where you're located, different TV channels will air the tournament:

United States: NBC Sports

United Kingdom: ITV

Africa: SuperSport

Middle East and North Africa: BeIN Sports

These channels offer live TV coverage, and most also offer online streaming services for their subscribers.

You may Check: RWC 2023 Fixtures

How to Use VPN to Stream the Rugby World Cup 2023

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Conclusion: Gear Up for Rugby World Cup 2023

The Rugby World Cup 2023 promises to be a thrilling spectacle, and you don't have to miss a moment. Whether you're streaming on your laptop with a VPN, tuning in on your smart TV, or listening to the radio, the World Cup is just a click away. So, mark your calendars, pick your favorite teams, and get ready for the ultimate rugby showdown.

[benjaminsblog]

Tour Championship, Manchester

The final ITV snooker tournament of the season came and went in pleasingly straightforward fashion. Team GFX delivered once again, as did the tournament – overall, the matches were quick and of a much, much higher standard than the doubles that preceded it. Gary Wilson put in a strong bid for my player of the week, the two main reasons being his fantastic walk-on song (Mark Knopfler – Going Home) and his Round 1 defeat of Mark Selby! In his post-match interview, Selby was so despondent about his performance that he teased the tantalising prospect of retirement – I’m not counting any chickens, but…

Wilson ran into Ronnie O’Sullivan in the semi-finals, who needed a touch of magic dust in the home stretch to finally put the Tyneside Terror away. His fellow finalist was fellow “Class of ’92” alum Mark Williams, who – after squeaking through a final-frame decider vs Tom Ford in Round 1 – gave Judd Trump and Mark Allen a butt-whuppin’ apiece in the subsequent rounds. That is no exaggeration – he rendered them both helpless with a potent combo of superb safety play and ruthless clearances. He even went 9-0 against Allen, and although it took him 6 more frames to seal the deal, it was a mesmerising performance.

So we had a fitting final to end the season on – two of the quickest, most entertaining and decorated players in the game, and they did not disappoint. Williams edged 3-1 ahead in the opening session, but after the interval, O’Sullivan played four devastating frames to lead 5-3 at the halfway stage (Williams potted 2 balls). However, in the evening session, Willo found his A-game once more and reeled off 7 straight frames to emphatically claim the title! It meant that Williams had beaten the top 3-ranked players in the world to win the tournament – can’t say fairer than that.

On a side note, there was a wonderfully touching moment just before the final started, as special mention was given to one of the cameramen Duncan, who was covering his last tournament before a well-earned retirement:

http://x.com/itvsnooker/status/1776949276234355001

And if a standing ovation from the crowd wasn't enough, once the confetti had been fired and the trophy lifted, Mark Williams went over to Duncan, handed him his winner's medal and gave him a big ol’ hug! Who knows where I’ll be or what I’ll be doing when it’s my turn to hang it up, but I can only hope to have a send-off half as lovely as Duncan’s.

Oh, and being the last tournament of the season, I felt it only proper to get a team GFX photo as well – so we popped into the studio when no one was looking and got one!

[thelenazavaroniarchive]

31st March 2024.

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒. Lena was a guest on The Golden Shot, ITV 4.40pm - 5.35 pm. She sang Swinging on a star.

The clip of Lena singing;

The full show in better quality;

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒. In The Sunday Sun, people continued to write to Jimmy Bone defending Lena and Jimmy Osmond.

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒. The Sunday People TV page mentioned Lena.

𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟓. Swedish magazine "Starlet" had a photograph of (and possibly an article about) Lena.

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟖. The Wishaw Press reported that Lena might appear in one of six televised shows from the Motherwell Civic Hall, to be broadcast by the BBC starting in June.

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟗. The BBC issued publicity photographs to promote Lena’s new TV series.

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟏. The Glasgow Herald had an article about Lena’s new TV series, starting a week on Wednesday.

𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐. The Edinburgh Evening News reported that Lena had been booked to appear at Falkirk Town Hall in the coming summer.

This sounds like Sunday 26th September when the management refused to let her appear after she had a breakdown on stage a week earlier in New Brighton.

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟓. A Royal Night of One Hundred Stars broadcast on ITV, 7.45 - 10.15 pm. Lena closed the show.

LWT issued a publicity photograph of Lena.

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟓. The Sunday Mirror had a small piece with a photograph about Lena, also mentioning that she would be doing a summer season with Cannon & Ball.

𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟒. The Lincoln Target ran the story about Elaine Dalziel having her bag stolen.

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟖. Clive Limpkin of the Daily Mail photographed Lena with her knitting and her paintings at “Ware Hospital”.

The photographs look more like a nursing/convalescent home, so were probably taken at The Priory, Ware. both inside and in it’s grounds.

She had a fire in her flat on the fifth, so this might be were she ended up while it was being repaired.

𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔. In Paul Daniels autobiography (Paperback edition), he mentioned that he wore a wig because people like Lena and Bonnie made him look old.

𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐. Lena was mentioned in The Blackpool Gazette’s A-Z of stars who appeared in the town.

[quotes121sworld]

Tulisa rocks a bright GREEN wig and pigtails in behind-the-scenes snaps from N-Dubz's new music video

Tulisa showed off a daring new look on Wednesday when she took to Instagram with a bright green wig.The 34-year-old star turned heads with the eye-catching hat she used as a prop in her latest music video with N-Dubz for their single February.Tulisa looked sensational in the snaps, where she wore a cut-out green leather jacket and a crop top underneath.She accentuated her natural beauty with a stunning makeup palette, including a dramatic winged eye and a dainty black heart on her cheek.She also sported a matching heart on her fingernails, which were also painted green.

Wow! Tulisa showed off a daring new look on Wednesday when she took to Instagram with a bright green wigThe star styled her green wig straight, with two pigtails on either side of her head. Tulisa looked passionately at the camera and then pouted. She looked sensational in the photos.The beauty recently released the first track from her new album with fellow N-Dubz's Dappy, real name Costadinos Contostavlos, and Fazer, real name Richard Rawson. She confirmed last month that a new N-Dubz album would be out.The beauty also posted a video on her Instagram showing fans a behind-the-scenes look at the recording studio.Tulisa captioned the post, "Come and take a little tour of the N-Dubz residential studio during the rest period after the freestyle shoot."She continued, "We just spent five weeks here and finished recording the new NDUBZ album." It was an experience, what a journey. I can't wait for you all to hear it.The video revealed a large living area with glamorous open brickwork and a coffee table with a chess board, which the band is believed to play on to relax and unwind after a long studio session.

Striking: The 34-year-old star caused a stir with the striking headdress she used as a prop in her latest music video with N-Dubz for their single 'February'

Onward and upward: The beauty recently released the first track from her new album with fellow N-Dubz members Dappy, real name Costadinos Contostavlos, and Fazer, real name Richard Rawson

Constantly changing! Tulisa's style has evolved since N-Dubz first rose to fame The room beyond housed a swimming pool and jacuzzi, beyond that was a sleek, ultra-modern studio.As Tulisa continued her behind-the-scenes tour, she showed fans a homemade bar where she poured a pint of Guinness, a singing booth, a ping-pong table, and a giant home theater where she recorded herself playing video games.Her followers flocked to her comments to express their excitement about the upcoming album, including former Little Mix member Leigh Anne Pinnock.She wrote, "So excited for this," leaving two heart-eye emojis.When a fan asked if they had a name for the album, Tulisa confirmed that the trio had decided on a title but weren't revealing it just yet.Earlier this year, news broke that the band had reportedly landed a "major two-album deal with EMI Records," a division of industry giant Universal Music.N-Dubz also announced that they would be touring again this summer after the success of their big comeback tour which ended in December.

Band on tour: N-Dubz also announced that they would be touring again this summer following the success of their big comeback tour which ended in DecemberThe band enjoyed more than a decade of chart success before disbanding in 2011 and winning four MOBO Awards; Best Newcomer 2007, Best Album and Best Act 2009 and Best Song 2010 for their single Playing with Fire as well as the O2 Silver Clef Award 2009.Both of their albums, Uncle B and Against All Odds, went platinum in the UK, while the hit single Number One - a collaboration with Tinchy Stryder - reached #1 in the UK Singles Chart.Tulisa swapped her cargo pants and trainers for elegant evening dresses when she appeared as a judge on ITV show The X Factor.During her meteoric rise to fame in 2011, she became a mentor for Little Mix.Tulisa previously revealed that the girls still have an enduring bond: "We talk as a group." "Sometimes we have too many vodkas and it can get pretty weird." Read the full article

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Spring 2023 Anime + TV Season

Anime I thought I would watch more shows (lol the target of 15) but as usual, I always get derailed by something or the other…

Rankings

1. Tsurune S2 2. Buddy Daddies 3. Bungou Stray Dogs S4 4. Tonsuki 5. Trigun Stampede

Shows Completed: 10

Spring is here! As always, totally unready :D

Must Watch: MIX S2, Maho Tsukai no Yome S2, Gundam Witch S2, Kimi wa Hokago Insomnia. Golden Kamuy S4 (restart) [5]

Sounds Interesting! Hope It Doesn’t Suck!: Tengoku Daimakyo, Skip to Loafer, Jigokuraku, My Home Hero, Otomari ni Ginga (Well it’s the Amaama to Inazuma author….), Ao no Orchestra, Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen (I’m actually bored af of Kimetsu now lol), Birdie Wing S2 (I didn’t looove S1 but I guess I might tolerate this for the stupidity…), The Marginal Service (THAT PV) [9]

Not My Thing but Who Knows!: Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi o Suru, Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu! (I’m not that fond of the manga…), Opus.COLORs (art anime but looks like idol shit lol), Edomae Elf

Do I Have To…? (No I Don’t): Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu, Tosochuu: Great Mission, Jijo o Shiranai Tenkosei ga Guigui kuru, Alice Gear Aegis, Kaminaki Sekai no Kamisama Katsudo, Yuusha ga Shinda, Kawaisugi Crisis, Mashle, Megami no Cafe Terrace, Rokudo no Onna-tachi, Maho Shojo Magical Destroyers, Kanojo ga Kosakutei ni Itta Riyuu, Dead Mount Death Play, Niehime to Kemono no O, Bosanimal, Chibi Godzilla

Sequel/Spinoff Hell: Edens Zero S2, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear S2, Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni S2, Tokyo Mew Mew S2. KonoSuba Bakuen, Dr Stone: New World, Tonikaku Kawaii S2, Gunma-chan S2, Osama Ranking S2, Pokemon (2023)

Light Novel/Isekai Hell: Tensei Kizoku, Isekai de Cheat Skill blah, Isekai One Turn Kill Nee-san, Isekai Shokan wa Nidome desu

Idol/Vtuber/AI/Musical Hell: Kizuna no Allele, Idolmaster CG: U149, World Dai Star, Oshi no Ko (IT’S JUST NOT MY THING OK)

Expected Load: 8-9

TV & Streaming Seems a huge chunk of my time is still going here…

What I’ve been watching over 1Q23:

CBS: NCIS S20*, NCIS: Hawai’i S2*, NCIS:LA S14*, Fire Country*, East New York* Disney+: Gannibal, Alaska Daily (ABC), Will Trent* (ABC), Devs Netflix: The Night Agent, The Recruit* Amazon Prime: Swarm*?, The Consultant*? Gameshows: Only Connect S18* Others: The Gold (BBC), The Chosen S3 (app), Poker Face (Peacock), The Terror: Infamy (AMC), Cunk on Earth (BBC), Broadchurch S1 (ITV), The Future with Hannah Fry (Bloomberg TV)*

Series [to be] completed: 10 Series Ongoing: 10 Full-length Films watched: 24

What I’ll hopefully be watching in 2Q23:

CBS: NCIS S20*, NCIS: Hawai’i S2*, NCIS:LA S14*, Fire Country*, East New York* Disney+: Will Trent* (ABC), American Born Chinese, The Good Mothers? Netflix: The Diplomat?, Florida Man?, Sanctuary?, Black Knight? Apple TV: Drops of God, The Last Thing He Told Me?, Silo, City on Fire Amazon Prime: The Power, Citadel, Dead Ringers HBO: Love & Death Gameshows: Only Connect S18* Others: Rabbit Hole? (Paramount+), Maryland (ITV), Mrs Davis? (Peacock), Six Four? (ITV), Malpractice (ITV), Blue Lights (ITV), TWD: Dead City? (AMC)

* - continuing series or a marathon of old series, ? - will try, no guarantee of watch

Expected TV/Streaming Load: 13-14

WELL on the plus side, all the network shows are coming to an end this quarter! Summer will be quite quiet (thank fook)

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I'm pretty sure it's a respect thing for the families and the victims affected by the tragedy. ITV is a British company whereas Amazon isn't, it makes sense that Amazon would be ok to have the episode where it can be accessed around the world but it may cause issues if ITV had it on their platform. I think it's also available on dvd.

The episode, if I remember correctly, was due to air the weekend after the fire and was very quickly pulled. It's like the many productions that removed any elements of planes and tall buildings being under threat after 9/11 and it remained that way for ages. Grenfell was also very controversial because of the scandals uncovered during the investigation of what caused the fire to spread so quickly, it's a very sensitive topic. Even though quite some time has passed, they may still be concerned about possible backlash from the public, TAG didn't rake in all that much profit for ITV anyway so putting it up would probably not be worth the risk, it may be some time before ITV would be willing to put it up for streaming.

Towering Inferno is different because of how old the film is and the setting of the film being in a diffent country, TAG's Inferno is set in London which is extremely close to home for the victims and their families.

I'm just trying to I guess, pull together some possible reasons behind their decision, tbh I'd also like the episode to be more accessible because it's the only episode I've never seen.

Ok so I recently I decided to contact ITV about Thunderbirds are Go episode Inferno, The episode never aired due the Grenfell Fire tragedy. The series is on ITV X but it's still missing that episode. I contacted them asking if they could put the episode on ITV X, I got a email back that they will be looking into it. so cross fingers.

Today they contacting me saying they can't add that episode due to Compliance reasons. so I just sent back, if you can't air a kids episode where no one dies then you stop airing the Towering Inferno then. which I've seen a few times since 2017.

Oh well, I just keep watching Inferno on Amazon Prime then.

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📌 #𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓: ❛❛ Rachel Hurd-Wood in #HomeFires (2015)

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What's that theory about joyce being a lesbian?? Why didn't it occur to me?!? Do you know where i could find it? :)

Firstly, I’m going to apologise for taking several days toanswer this. Lesbian!Joyce is a hella good theory and I wanted to take the timeto do it justice.

Prepare yourself, dear Anon, for although the “Joyce is alesbian” theory may not be hugely discussed or particularly well-known infandom, once you properly consider the idea it totally changes Joyce’scharacter and improves the show by 1000%.

Spoilers under the cut for the entire series and the firstbook!

As much as I’d love to claim credit for the idea, itactually came from THIS incredible and life changing fic which I would highly recommendreading and then adopting as a canon-alternative ending to S2 because it iswell better than what we got.

I can say with the upmost honesty that reading that ficchanged my life. At no prior point had I considered the prospect that Joyce wasa closeted lesbian like Teresa but now everything began to make sense. Onrewatch of S1 and S2 I would strongly argue that we have more evidence supportingthe theory than disproving it. Much of aforementioned evidence iscircumstantial but applying it to her motivations throughout the series itutterly enriches her character and makes things way more interesting.

Firstly, we have zero evidence that she was ever in lovewith either of her husbands. Husband no. 1 is barely mentioned; he’s Malcolm’sfather, he was killed in the war, but we know nothing of how they met, how longthey were together or the nature of their marriage. It’s plausible she could’vebeen unaware of her sexuality or in denial of it when she married him, or shecould’ve purposefully married him to cover herself. I think the fact she rarelymentions him is a solid indicator she may not have loved him: Alison losingGeorge in the war left a massive impact on her and he gets spoken about all thetime yet I don’t recall if Joyce’s first husband has a name.

As for Douglas, it’s explicitly stated they did not have ahappy marriage. In 2x05 it is mentioned that Joyce faced “difficulties” afterthe death of Husband 1 and it is far from unreasonable to assume that she onlymarried Douglas for the money and stability he’d provide for herself andMalcolm. The way Malcolm speaks about their family life it certainly soundslike Joyce and Douglas were never in love and the marriage only succeeded inmaking the three of them miserable. When she returns without him in S2, sheseems a lot happier and is able to begin building proper friendships in thevillage.

While the books may be questionable, they do offer yet moreevidence backing this up. They tell us that Joyce and Douglas lived largelyseparate lives. Most interestingly, they gave us this quote:

”Indeed, the monthaway had been the most difficult of Joyce’s life. During that period, she’dfinally admitted that her marriage had been sterile for many years. Moving toHeysham had been Douglas’s decision, and Joyce’s loathing of life on the coastcame upon her almost immediately intensifying Joyce’s sense that her life hadbecome becalmed, and deepening her conviction that she no longer wanted to beDouglas’s consort, wheeled out at social events. If she didn’t act decisivelyshe felt this existence would claim her sanity.”

It says a lot that the hardest experience of Joyce’s lifewas not losing Husband 1 in the war, it was not being left widowed with a sonto bring up on her own, it was being forced to spend four weeks alone with herhusband. With the implication that Joyce has very little say in the marriage,it makes you wonder why an outspoken woman like herself would stay with him forso long, now she no longer has a son to look after and has established herselfin the village. Why would she put up with all that unless there was someextenuating factor we were unaware of?

Furthermore, could Joyce’s lack of control over her own lifeand circumstances result in her domineering approach to the WI and localcommunity? The book also mentions that “likea lot of unhappily lonely people, Joyce filled the hole at her core bythrusting herself that it was they who had insisted on her involvement.” AndI think that’s true. I do get the sense that Joyce, deep down, is actually quite insecure. She surrounds herself with people she knows will back her up. She likesto be in control of the discussion. She thrives on power. Sure, she could justhave a domineering personality, but she could also be using this sort ofbehaviour as a shield. She wants to be at the top of the social order with allthe power because she knows that people like herself tend to be excluded fromsociety. She feels she needs to be at the top because she thinks she’s going toget pushed to the bottom.  

Go back and watch the scene between Frances and Joyce at thechurch in 1x06. Joyce says that she doesn’t want to be like everyone else andnever has. You can read that as Joyce simply wanting superiority over theothers but like most things in life, it is way more interesting in a gaycontext.

I’m going to resist turning this into a Joyce/Francesshipping manifesto but seriously, some of their interactions are not veryheterosexual. The lengths they go to throughout S1 purely to annoy each otheris glorious. The whole air raid shelter drama. Joyce getting Frances’s gatesmelted for vengeance after the WI vote. Frances retaliating by getting Joyce’sland requisitioned. It’s like when you were at school and two kids who likedeach other couldn’t handle their feelings so ended up purposefully irritatingeach other for attention. Then ofc we have S2 and Joyce immediately going tovisit Frances when she returns to the village and I’m not going to go into itbut it is all very gay.

TL;DR - all theevidence is very circumstantial and I’d bet my life savings on it beingunintentional on Simon Block’s part, but there is nothing you can do to disprovethe “Joyce Cameron is a lesbian” theory and by reading her as a lesbian the storyis just better. This is by no means a conclusive list as to why Joyce is alesbian and if anyone else feels like adding anything please do it because godknows we need more gay content in this fandom after the books.